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"Tell It to the Rain"
SinglebyThe Four Seasons
from the album New Gold Hits
B-side"Show Girl (from the album The 4 Seasons Entertain You)"
ReleasedNovember 1966 (1966-11)[1]
RecordedNovember 1966
Genre
  • psychedelic pop[2]
  • Length2:30
    LabelPhilips
    Songwriter(s)Mike Petrillo-Chubby Cifelli[3]
    Producer(s)Bob Crewe
    The Four Seasons singles chronology
    "I've Got You Under My Skin"
    (1966)
    "Tell It to the Rain"
    (1966)
    "Beggin'"
    (1967)

    "Tell It to the Rain" is a song composed by Mike Petrillo and Chubby Cifelli and popularized by The Four Seasonsin1966 and early 1967. The single reached the #10 position on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.[4]

    The song's arrangement includes a prominent 12-string electric guitar part, as well as sound effects and a crescendo of vocals toward the end.

    Cash Box said the single is "loaded with the group’s usual effective sound and infectious arrangement."[5]

    Chart history

    [edit]
    Chart (1966-67) Peak
    position
    Canada RPM Top Singles[6]* 60
    UK Singles (OCC)[7] 37
    U.S. Billboard Hot 100[8] 10
    U.S. Cash Box Top 100[9] 12

    (* - Canadian RPM chart data incomplete for early 1967)

    References

    [edit]
    1. ^ The Four Seasons; Frankie Valli (1991), Greatest Hits, Volume 2, Internet Archive, Warner Special Products, retrieved 2023-01-30
  • ^ a b A. Guarisco, Donald. "Tell It to the Rain review". Allmusic. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  • ^ "secondhandsongs.com". secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
  • ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 238.
  • ^ "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. December 3, 1966. p. 40. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
  • ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1966-12-26. Retrieved 2020-06-28.
  • ^ "Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. 1967-01-18. Retrieved 2020-06-28.
  • ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  • ^ Cash Box Top 100 Singles, January 28, 1967

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